Food Service Director

The Waters; Cloverdale (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Scheduling

Health Insurance

Dental and Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability plans

401K

Paid Vacation Time-Cash Out Option

Paid Sick Time

Excellent Pay

Job summary

The Waters is seeking a Full Time Dietary Manager to lead the dietary department and ensure quality nutritional services in a compliant facility. You will coordinate with Nursing, Housekeeping, and Social Services to implement comprehensive diet plans and oversee daily dietary operations.

Responsibilities include developing assessments, creating care plans, and planning regular and special menus while maintaining equipment and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Coordinate dietary services with Nursing, Housekeeping, Social Services.
• Assist in developing a written dietary plan of care.
• Ensure care plans are used in planning daily dietary services.
• Interviews residents or family to obtain diet history.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate dietary services and activities with other related departments (i.e., Nursing, Housekeeping, Social Services, etc.)
• Assist in the development of preliminary and comprehensive assessments of the dietary needs of each resident
• Assist in developing diet plans for individual residents
• Must be competent in the use of kitchen equipment and maintain sanitation

Skills

Coordinate dietary services

Policy development

Assess dietary needs

Plan diets

Job description

We are looking for a Full Time Dietary Manager to join our Team!

** New Wage Scale

A comprehensive benefit package includes:

• Excellent Pay
• Flexible Scheduling
• Paid Vacation Time-Cash Out Option
• Paid Sick Time
• Group Health Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life insurance plans
• Disability plans
• 401K

POSITION SUMMARY:

The primary purpose of your job position is developing and directing the overall operation of the Dietary Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations governing our facility, and as may be directed by the Administrator, to assure that quality nutritional services are provided on a daily basis and that the dietary department is maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

A. Role Responsibilities – Job Knowledge/Duties:

• 1. Coordinates dietary services and activities with other related departments (i.e., Nursing, Housekeeping, Social Services, etc.)
• 2. Assists the dietary staff in the development and use of departmental policies, procedures, equipment, supplies, etc.
• 3. Assist in the development of preliminary and comprehensive assessments of the dietary needs of each resident
• 4. Assist in the developing a written dietary plan of care (preliminary and comprehensive) that identifies the dietary problem/needs of the resident and the goals to be accomplished for each dietary problem/need identified
• 5. Assist in the scheduling of care plans and assessments to be presented and discussed at each committee meeting
• 6. Ensure that all dietary personnel are aware of the care plan and that care plans are used in planning daily dietary services for the resident
• 7. Ensure that the care plan identifies any special equipment and utensils the resident may need (e.g., plate guard, enlarged silverware handles, etc.)
• 8. Review and revise care plans and assessments as necessary, but at least quarterly
• 9. Provide substitute foods of similar nutritive value to residents who refuse foods served
• 10. Must be competent in the use of kitchen equipment as well as their maintenance and sanitation: Blender, Meat Slicer, Steam Table, Refrigerator/Freezers, Can Opener, Dishwasher, Garbage Disposal, Coffee Maker, Plate Warmer, Toaster, and Oven & Range
• 11. Inspects food storage rooms, utility/janitorial closets, etc., for upkeep and supply control
• 12. Processes diet changes and new diets as received from nursing services
• 13. Assists in identifying, evaluating, and classifying routine and job related dietary functions to ensure that tasks involving potential exposure to blood/body fluids are properly identified and recorded
• 14. Assists in planning the dietary services portion of the resident’s discharge plan
• 15. Participates in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies
• 16. Interviews residents or family members, as necessary, to obtain diet history
• 17. Assists in developing methods for determining quality and quantity of food served
• 18. Ensures that charted dietary progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident’s response to the service
• 19. Ensures that menus are maintained and filed in accordance with established policies and procedures
• 20. Maintains an adequate liaison with families and residents as necessary
• 21. Visits residents periodically to evaluate the quality of meals served, likes and dislikes, etc.
• 22. Involves the resident/family in planning objectives and goals for the resident
• 23. Assists in planning regular and special diet menus as prescribed by the attending physician
• 24. Assists in developing diet plans for individual residents
• 25. Reviews therapeutic and regular diet plans and menus to assure they are in compliance with the physician’s orders
• 26. Reviews the dietary requirements of each resident admitted to the facility, as may be required, and assist the attending physician in planning for the resident’s prescribed diet plan
• 27. Ensures that residents are offered a nourishing snack at bedtime
• 28. Makes daily rounds to assure that dietary personnel are performing required duties and to assure that appropriate dietary procedures are being rendered to meet the needs of the facility
• 29. Attends mandatory meetings and in-services
• 30. Others duties as assigned